About

Perrin Kerns’ areas of expertise include modernism, feminist theory, women writers, poetics, creative nonfiction and her latest passion, digital storytelling. Prior to joining Marylhurst, she was assistant dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Pacific University, where she started as an instructor. Before that, she was the assistant director of composition at University of Oregon. Her professional associations include the Modern Language Association, Associated Writing Programs, and Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association. Kerns is also a filmmaker, and she has received national recognition for her documentary Between Sasquatch and Superman: Living with Down Syndrome.

Bearing Graphic Witness: The Graphic Novel as Testimony and the Crisis of Representation in Art Spiegelman’s In the Shadow of No Towers. Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association, San Francisco, CA, 2009.